“Language fails not because thought fails, but because no verbal symbols can do justice to the fullness and richness of thought. Ifwe are to continue talking about "data" in any other sense than as reflective distinctions, the original datum is always such a qualitative whole.” WholeLanguageCan DoJusticeTalkingFailingOriginalsSymbolsDataDistinctionFullnessRichnessQualitative Book:The Later Works, 1925-1953: 1929-1930 Source: The Later Works, 1925-1953: 1929-1930
“From my experience, the only thing you can do is take what's written on the page and try, through your own curiosity and investigation, to make it your own and honor what the original intent was.” TryingCan DoWrittenHonorPagesOriginalsCuriosityInvestigation Author:Colin Farrell
“I wrote lots of scripts that never got made and they were terrible. I thought they were good at the time. You can't write two scripts and expect your career to take off. Keep writing. Be you. Be original. A lot of people go for a genre, which is fine if you can do that really well, but we all have such layered histories. We all come from a unique background. Write about your past, write about you. Or make stuff up, but make it about something that really matters.” PeopleIfsWritingWellsMadeTwoMatterPastStuffCan DoCareersFineTerribleUniqueOriginalsScriptsBackgroundsGenreBe YouOur PastYour Past Author:Nicole Holofcener
“The mind grows by self revelation. In play the child ascertains what he can do, discovers his possibilities of will and thought by exerting his power spontaneously. In work he follows a task prescribed for him by another, and doesn't reveal his own proclivities and inclinations; but another's. In play he reveals his own original power.” MindChildrenSelfPlayGrowsCan DoPossibilityTasksOriginalsRevelationsInclinationSelf Revelation Author:Friedrich Frobel
“This was only Taika Watiti fourth film [Hunt for the Wilderpeople], but I think he brings a very original way of looking at stuff and I think if you look at Boy, for instance, which is a beautiful film, that was his second feature, and it's heartbreakingly sad, but it's also simultaneously very funny. There are not many people who can do that.” PeopleIfsThinkingWayLooksBeautifulFilmStuffCan DoBoysOriginalsInstanceFeaturesFourthHunts Author:Sam Neill
“The purpose of this is not show that I can do it better, because I think Superman is perfect. The original creation of Superman nobody could have done that better and I think Batman is pretty much a perfect character... The same with all of them. I'm just going to try to find a way to say, "If that wasn't the original idea, what would be another way to do it that would be more in my style?".” IfsThinkingWayTryingI CanIdeasDoneCharacterShowsWould BePurposeCan DoPerfectStyleCreationOriginalsAnother WayI Can Do ItOriginal Ideas Author:Stan Lee
“Billions of photos are shot every year, and about the toughest thing a photographer can do is invent an original, deeply personal, instantly recognizable visual style. In the early nineties, Wolfgang Tillmans did just that, transforming himself into a new kind of artist-photographer of modern life.” YearsKindArtistCan DoModernStyleShotsOriginalsPhotographerBillionsVisualsModern LifeTransforming Author:Jerry Saltz
“Because of how much movies cost, it's dangerous to be experimental on one film after the other. But we can experiment with television. We can do things that are fringe and bring ideas to the table that are offbeat and original.” IdeasFilmCan DoDangerousTelevisionCostOriginalsTablesExperimentsFringeOffbeat Author:Steven Spielberg
“Give up on trying to be original. Every song has been sung, every picture has been painted, and every story has been told. The best one can do is sing, draw, or tell it again well.” GivingTryingWellsHas BeensStoriesSongCan DoGiving UpDrawsOriginalsOriginality Author:Evan Mandery
“You must capture and keep the heart of the original and supremely able man before his brain can do its best.” MenHeartAbleCan DoBrainOriginalsLoyaltyCapture Author:Andrew Carnegie
“I have not come up with anything original. It needs a better brain than mine! I have done what I can do in taking Dawkins' idea and extending it.” NeedsI CanIdeasDoneCan DoBrainMinesOriginalsCome UpExtending Author:Susan Blackmore